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#ifndef POINTS_FEATURE_H
#define POINTS_FEATURE_H

#include <App/GeoFeature.h>
#include <App/FeaturePython.h>
#include <App/PropertyLinks.h>
#include <App/PropertyGeo.h>
#include "Points.h"
#include "PropertyPointKernel.h"


namespace Base{
class Writer;
}

namespace App{
class Color;
}

namespace Points
{
class Property;
class PointsFeaturePy;

/** Base class of all Points feature classes in FreeCAD.
 * This class holds an PointsKernel object.
 */
class PointsExport Feature : public App::GeoFeature
{
    PROPERTY_HEADER(Points::Feature);

public:
    /// Constructor
    Feature(void);
    virtual ~Feature(void);

    /** @name methods overide Feature */
    //@{
    void Restore(Base::XMLReader &reader);
    void RestoreDocFile(Base::Reader &reader);
    /// recalculate the Feature
    virtual App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *execute(void);
    /// returns the type name of the ViewProvider
    virtual const char* getViewProviderName(void) const {
        return "PointsGui::ViewProviderPoints";
    }
protected:
    void onChanged(const App::Property* prop);
    //@}

public:
    PropertyPointKernel Points; /**< The point kernel property. */
};

/**
 * The Export class writes a point cloud to a file.
 * @author Werner Mayer
 */
class Export : public Feature
{
    PROPERTY_HEADER(Points::Export);

public:
    Export();

    App::PropertyLinkList   Sources;
    App::PropertyString FileName;
    App::PropertyString Format;

    /** @name methods override Feature */
    //@{
    /// recalculate the Feature
    virtual App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *execute(void);
    //@}
};

typedef App::FeaturePythonT<Feature> FeaturePython;

} //namespace Points


#endif 
